ZynAddSubFX
 ZynAddSubFX on Linux | |
| Original author(s) | Nasca Octavian Paul |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Mark McCurry, Harald Hvaal |
| Initial release | September 25, 2002 |
| Stable release | 3.0.6
/ January 21, 2022 |
| Repository | sourceforge |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | BSD, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows |
| Size | 8.0MB |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Synthesizer |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later[1] |
| Website | zynaddsubfx |
ZynAddSubFX (also now called Zyn-Fusion) is a free and open-source software synthesizer for Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows. As of version 3, the completely new user interface is being released under proprietary terms with an open-source-eventually intention while the synthesis engine remains under the original GPL terms.[2]
For sound generation it has three hybrid synth engines that combine additive, subtractive, Fourier and other synthesis methods. No external samples are used to produce the sound; everything is done by synthesis. The synthesizer has effects like reverberation, echo, chorus, distortion, equalization and others, and supports microtonal tunings.[3][4]
The original author of ZynAddSubFX is Romanian programmer Nasca Octavian Paul.[5][6] The project was started in March 2002[3] and the first public version (1.0.0) was released on September 25, 2002.[7] Since 2009, the new maintainer is Mark McCurry.[8]
Sound generation
[edit]ZynAddSubFX combines several different methods of audio synthesis in order to create sounds: additive synthesis by the ADSynth engine,[3] subtractive synthesis by the SUBSynth engine,[3] and an original algorithm used to generate wavetables in the PADSynth engine.[9]
Music made with ZynAddSubFX
[edit]ZynAddSubFX was featured in the KVR One-Synth-Challenge contest.
In November 2013, Unfa released an album that was entirely made with ZynAddSubFX. Slavonic pagan ambient project Svitlo albums were created using ZynAddSubFX as synthesizer.
See also
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- Yoshimi (synthesizer), Linux only, based on ZynAddSubFX 2.4.0
- Free audio software
- Linux audio software
References
[edit]- ^ ZynAddSubFX license
- ^ "ZynAddSubFX 3.0.0 Demo". zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.io. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ a b c d "About ZynAddSubFX". zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.io. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "Microtuning Features Updated". Archived from the original on May 23, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
- ^ "ZynAddSubFX". zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.io. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "Open Source projects - Paul Nasca". www.paulnasca.com. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "ZynAddSubFX News". zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.io. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "Contributing To ZynAddSubFX". zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.io. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "PADsynth algorithm". zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.io. Retrieved May 17, 2020.